I am not a big fan of doing organised tours. You’re often in a big group, which goes either too hurried or to slow, it’s over priced and most of all, there is no challenge in that, no adventure at all. If you only have a short amount of time in a place and you […]
Vietnam
50 shades of Green – Vietnam
If I think about Vietnam, I think of the colour green. 50 shades of green. I think actually more than 50, but I thought this title sounded more catchy. Vietnam is incredibly diverse, in its landscapes, cities but definitely in its different colours of green. With sometimes some red details, because of all the (communist) […]
Living the Dream (2) in Vietnam – The start of a Motorbike trip from North to South
I started my trip through Vietnam in Hanoi. After China, this was a different world. Everyone spoke English again, street food everywhere, I could finally read the names of the shops, streets and hotels and… I wasn’t the only backpacker anymore! I noticed I wasn’t used to seeing Western faces anymore because every time I […]
Gerrid Greenwood
It’s been a while since I updated my ‘people’ category. Although I often encounter interesting men, women or families, I often don’t get a chance to get to know them well enough to write about them. Or ask them for their photo or contact details. Like the travelling family I met a couple of days […]